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ATHERTON DARLING CONVERSE, OF WINOHENDON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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DRUM.

Application filed January 11, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ATHERTON DARLING CONVERSE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Winchendon, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Drums, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a construction of toy drum wherein the body constitutes a portion of the hoops and serves as a direct support for the heads, the hoops being offset from the outer face of the body and made hollow of sheet material but having the appearance of being solid.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a drum constructed in accordance with my improvement Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through the head portion of the drum, being taken practically on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a portion of the body, a hoop, and accompanying head of a drum, illustrating a slight modification in the construction of the drum; Fig. 4 is a section similar to that shown in Fig. 3, but illustrating a further modification in the construction; and Fig. 5 is a section through one end of a drum, illustrating the body and hoop as supporting a skin or paper head.

A represents the body of a drum, which may be of metal or of wood, being preferably made of metal, and B represents the hoops for the drum. In the construction of the hoops the body of the drum is provided at each outer edge with an outwardly curved flange 10, the flanges at opposite edges of the said drum being curved in a direction to face each other, and at a predetermined distance from each outer edge of the body A of the drum, an outwardly extending annular groove is formed by suitably pressing out the material, said groove being designated as 11, and the groove 11 receives the edge of a head 12, made of metal.

That portion of the body A which is be- Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented June 16, 1908.

Serial No. 410,365.

tween the head 12 and its outer edge, constitutes the inner member 13 of a hoop B, the outer member of the hoop consisting of a band 14, of metal, that is provided at its outer edge with an inwardly and downwardly extending curved flange 15, that is seamed over or made to otherwise fit closely to the curved flange 10 in connection with which the said band 14 is employed, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the inner edge of the band 14 is curved inwardly to form a flange 16 which is made to conform to and closely engage with the inner side portion of the outwardly forced or expanded metal forming the groove 11 in which the head 12 at that end of the drum is secured. rIhe hoops B are provided with opposing apertures 17, and a cord 18 is laced through the apertures in both of the heads, the ends of the cords being suitably secured.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a slight modification in the construction of the improved drum, wherein the body adjacent to an outer edge is carried outward to form a horizontal shoulder 19, and the metal between the said shoulder and the outer edge of the body constitutes the outer section 2() of the hoo B, and in this instance the outer edges of the body A are bent downwardly and inwardly, as is shown at 21 in said Fig. 3. The other member of a hoop consists of a band 22 that is located at the inner face of the body and this band 22 is provided with an upper fiange 23 that is curved downwardly and outwardly and is in close engagement with the under face of the outer curved flange 21 of the body, and at the lower end of the said inner band 22 ofthe hoop, the said member is bent outwardly and in direction of its opposing flange 23, as is shown at 24 in said Fig. 3, and this curved flange 24 of the inner band 22 of the hoop is spaced from the shoulder 19 of the outer member or section 20, a suflicient distance to receive between the two said parts the marginal portion of a head 12.

In Fig. 4 the modification therein shown differs from that in Fig. 3 only in that the shoulder 19a corresponding to the shoulder 19, is curved in an outward direction, and the head 26 is provided with a curved marginal ortion 27 to. lit between the said curve shoulder 19a of the outer member 20 of the hoop and the inner curved member 24 of the inner member 22 of the hoop. In

each case the parts are so drawn together that the heads are held Vfirmly between the hoops and the body of the drum.

In Fig. 5, I have illustrated the body and hoopas holding between. them the marginal portion ol a head l2, of skin or paper, and when such a head is used the marginal portion 12tL of the head is passed up between the hoop and body and is held between the upper and lower overlapping l'langes 23 and 19a.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-

l. T he combination oli an inner hoop member having outwardly-turned edge llanges, an outer hoop member having inwardlyturned edge flanges, with the llanges ol one hoop member arranged within the l'lan ol the other hoop member, a drum head projecting between adjacent .flanges ol the hoop members, and a drum body integral with one of the hoop members.

2. T he combination of two hoop members spaced apart and piresentiiig a substantially symmetrical construction in cross-section, with the outer edge of one hoop member overlying the outer edge of the other hoop member, a drum body integral with one ol' said i hoop members7 and a drum head secured bebody.

The combination ol.t a hollow hoop of sheet metal comprising an inner and outer member uniformly spaced apart intermediate their width, a drum head secured between said members, and a drum body integral with one olE said members.

il. The combination ol a hollow hoop ol" sheet metal, the upper and lower portions of which are of approximately the same construction, and a drum body integral with a part of the hoop.

The combination of two hoop members spaced apart and in engagement with each other, with one olE said hoop members contained within the other, a drum head secured between said members, and a drum body integral with one of said. members.

ln. testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilication in the presence ol two subscribing witnesses.

'Vitn esses:

Eiguo'r S. TUCKER, Farin C. HANscoM.

tween one et said members and the drum 

